ULTIMATE GROCERY SHOP CHALLENGE (Ep.4) | Chef VS Normals

It’s time for our normals, to go head to head against chef Ben in a very festive ‘CHRISTMAS’ GROCERY SHOP CHALLENGE!! Can they cook 3 delicious meals from 1 grocery bag? Watch to find out!
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[@yendub]

I want to see the reverse of this episode. Ben and the food team get a list of ingredients from the 3 Normals and have 30 minutes to have a plan and design the 3 meals for 2. Then the Normals show their plans for the food.

[@SortedFood]

Good idea!

[@sadianaheen7270]

@@SortedFood Do it!

[@anishmahajan1575]

Would be fun to see this

[@leksaaq]

Kush on camera sounds really fun

[@PotionsOnAMonday]

Yes Totally agree

[@zanelamb6326]

I think the bigger difference here, is that Ben and the food team were able to buy the ingredients and then make a plan based on that, whereas the boys opened the bag, and had to on the spot come up with 3 entire dishes with a significant amount of cross-over ingredients. Would definitely be interesting to see the food team and Ben be put on the spot and have 3 of them share the kitchen and work in the same conditions as the boys with no time to plan

[@jaredhelder]

Yeah it’s definitely not a fair contest. Food team has a huge advantage here.

[@keldred7961]

Food team and Ben are also allowed to go over time, The normals would not be allowed that.

[@mandine100]

Agreed! The food team also had more time. The normals basically had no time to plan anything at all, they should have at least had time to discuss what they wanted to do. Hilarious that ben commented on the chaos when they set it up so they'll end up in chaos 😅

[@adamrobinson6951]

I agree. There are two ways to make this fair. Either Ebbers only gets 30 minutes to compensate for having a plan already or the guys buy the ingredients for round two. That second option sounds great to me. Let each of the three come up with a recipe they can cook within 30 minutes with a bunch of shared ingredients. Then see how well Ebbers, James and Holly manage to reproduce them without any foreknowledge or discussion time.

[@Relinque9]

My thoughts exactly 👌

[@amyreadsall]

A fun, and torturous, twist on this would be to give them the grocery bag and have them each create a dish one at a time. For example, Mike would get the full bag and make a dish, then Barry would go second and only have what Mike didn't use in order to make his dish...and then poor Jamie would have to make a dish with the remnants left by the other two. None of them would know what the others made until the final reveal and judgement. :D

[@debs5039]

Think that would be better suited to the Pros

[@dpchiko17]

@@debs5039 Better content with the normals

[@chrismuelder7117]

What? and not leave Mike the bottom of the barrel dregs?

[@LadyThoopie]

Savage I love it!!

[@princessspacedbuns8266]

Oh, I LOVE this idea. They could do so many variations of this it would be ridiculously entertaining.

[@djgiermann8826]

Seeing these challenges I notice Mike tries to be the one who is like okay guys let's hold hands and make good strides towards the same goal. Barry skips in one direction trying to be fancy and Jamie dashes in the other direction because he likes to charge head on with his goal.

[@Fyreflier]

Mike is the parent trying to keep hold of two hyperactive children that want to run to opposite ends of the toy store

[@ericrotheram8817]

You know it's a good episode when you hear the three panic chatting before the video even begins 😂

[@alexdavis5766]

Why do I always want to reach into the screen and hug Mike in these challenges? He always gets the short end of the stick during the challenge and takes the judgement at the end the most to heart 😢

[@isaacman2266]

The moment Ben got taken aback by Jamie’s dish was probably the best reaction I’ve seen in a hot minute

[@AC-pm3mc]

Yessss

[@Jitmakesstuff]

He had such a look on him too, like "ooooh I'm gonna be stepping in it I wonder what ebbers will say he's gonna hate it", while in the middle of doing it Amazing

[@Friend2FriendnMA]

Mike would be the perfect guest at any dinner. He loves food and simply lights up when something turns out great. No matter how homey or grand a meal is. As for these recipes, I am no fan of parsnips or sprouts, but I am definitely going to try these recipes! Thank you guys!

[@Gnomelotte]

If you aren't fond of a thing you aren't fond, and that's fair. But what I often do with sprouts is stirfry them with chopped onions and diced bacon, then add some spices like maybe just salt and pepper, maybe chili, maybe curry powder. Might add in some mushrooms, or replace bacon with them if you are veg(a/terian). Ofcourse adding in cheese will always do a nice trick (if you like cheese).

[@Friend2FriendnMA]

@@Gnomelotte Sounds good! Will try without bacon. Thank you!

[@Anna-uh3jq]

“It’s almost like you started cooking without a plan.” That can be said for my kitchen even when I’ve had a plan. I just don’t shy away from kitchen carnage. Probably why I like watching Sortedfood videos. 😂

[@Gnomelotte]

^ Relatable ! 😀

[@mrs.thomas-usmcwife5686]

I feel like Mike was trying to harvest to think of everything in this challenge but was getting ignored. Now he knows what it feels like to be a mom. Bless his heart!

[@SeraphinaPZ]

Love how Barry is so excited for sprouts, then the blue cheese comes out.

[@takemetoglasgow09]

I am barry and barry is me 😂 i’m always excited to see brussel sprouts but blue cheese is hit and miss lol

[@kimyoonmisurnamefirst7061]

Sprouts are good with blue cheese. The acidity and bitterness of the sprouts is often off-set by cheese.

[@janmay3901]

Love sprouts

[@233Deadman]

I'm the opposite. Keep thee sprouts away from me, but the blue better be on the cheeseboard.

[@Misshowzat]

I'm honestly so blown away by how popular blue cheese is in the community. I think I've only ever met 3 people who eat the stuff & even they admit it's often too strong

[@turr8894]

Love how Jamie just went and made a savory mille feuille I'm cackling!!!

[@jackiebuttnor8410]

LOL I feel for the Normals. Unlike the Foodteam, they had zero time to plan what they would do with completely unknown ingredients and theme. Maybe next time you should reverse the order and have the Normals make the bag up. Also. I feel for Mike. He has a lot of leadership potential if only Baz and Spaff would bloody well listen.

[@ethancampbell215]

I’ve thought the exact same thing for a long while as the videos in this series have been released. It’s an entertaining challenge to watch because it tests the normals ability to think quickly and adapt quickly when their ad-libbed recipe eventually goes wrong but I dislike that Ebbers is never tested because he knows the ingredients, works with a team of chefs and enters with preplanned recipes to follow with clear and rigid steps so there’s never any uncertainty. I think it should be made fairer, either by letting the normals know what ingredients they will be using prior to the challenge or the ingredients be a mystery to Ebbers and the food team too so that they are in the same position as the normals and have to create quick brief recipes on the fly and adapt them as the process goes on

[@n0m4d66]

Bring back the bloopers at the end of each episode please! They are very VERY sorely missed. Loved the episode and ideas boys! Edit: Also, I love seeing Ben cooking more in the kitchen! I missed this, you guys actually cooking and showing us recipes and tricks. Not just the games and competitions. I hate how that's what the Food Network turned into, from ACTUAL cooking shows all day every day, to what we have now, which is all competition shows. I hope to see more of you guys just cooking, instead of just competing (not that I don't love all of your other content from PIO to the Gadget Reviews and the (hoping for more) Pretentious Ingredients!).

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@MisNorm98]

Idea for a Ben challenge…have Jamie and Barry’s kids pick a bag of groceries and let them taste at the end but tell Ben it was the normals until the end

[@Marc_prime]

I get the impression that the Normals have been following Food Team recipes recently, but this was a return to a more classic format where the Normals relied on their skill alone. In that sense, the Food Team has both positives and negatives, but I do see it as a sign of growth for the channel.

[@RoseArkana]

Jamie's "Stop it" at 1:50 was perfectly timed with my immature laugh, and that intro!

[@celticecho]

I loved seeing the “normals” do their challenge and then following it up with what the “pros” would do with the same ingredients! Really great video guys!!!

[@jacobchadwick1640]

This was great! I'd maybe like to see the normals get some more planning time, as they seemed to get somewhere (Jamie and Barry's dishes) and then give up on the rest and give it to Mike, so I think maybe 5 minutes of planning time might get a more coherent idea?

[@yellowladybug4010]

I agree!

[@Crabbsy.Malone]

Each video gets me more and more excited for the Christmas live show. I cannot wait!

[@SortedFood]

We can't wait either!

[@TheDepressedChemist]

I'm glad there's a battle with a chef comparison as I think that stuff is really interesting. However, did Ben and the food time plan and cook within the 30 minutes? I would assume not and therefore I don't know how accurate the comparison ia

[@thomasandrewclifford]

I loved seeing Barry getting excited at Ben going over by 20 seconds.

[@rosejustice]

I am feeling everything Mike is experiencing when he picks up the blue cheese.

[@SortedFood]

Haha! Blue cheese seems to be a bit like Marmite. You either love it or hate it.

[@rosejustice]

Oh, I’m with Mike! Blue cheese? Blech! But as an American I would love to try Marmite. Need to see if Amazon carries it next time I order some Crunchies.

[@celticecho]

I’m with you too! Blue cheese is revolting!

[@mortisCZ]

@@rosejustice Slimy, oversalted blue cheese is disgusting but I love me some good blue cheese and I had a smoked blue cheese recently that was just brilliant.

[@neruneri]

For me, context is king when it comes to blue cheese. Eating it plain on crackers? Nah, I'm good. Using it as an ingredient in something? Hell yes baby.

[@liba1522]

Thank you for showing more vegan and vegetarian options! Really gives me as vegetarian the opportunity to try the recipes 👍👍

[@kwebst1]

With idea of no waste, i would add that all those veg ends and waste can be kept in a bag in the freezer and added to making a stock. (Just a crock pot with ends and water for 12 hrs)

[@SortedFood]

🔥Excellent food waste tip!

[@TheDylls]

I also started saving bread crusts from my picky 2yr olds sandwiches in an airtight container and baking them off into breadcrumbs once it gets full!

[@stefanialeonova9134]

I adore these types of videos, always such creative dishes from the food team! And from the normals as well. Keep making these videos, they are awesome!!

[@SortedFood]

Thanks Stefania, comments like this really do mean a lot to the whole team.

[@cylversprings]

I still want the team to gather what would be in a food box meant for the needy and make dishes from that. Show what they can do with with food parcels from the food bank

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@zouzelkovalenka]

I love those moments when they immediately realise it will be misunderstood or become a meme. :D In this video Jamie and his: Stop it. :D

[@gendoll5006]

Yaaaasssss!!!! I needed this right now! Just got home and sat down to eat and as I always do, put on some Sorted Food videos lol.

[@aeojdas]

I always love watching these videos, you guys are doing good works educating us normals to reduce food waste and entertaining us at the same time. Please keep doing what you're doing, and bring me back my bloopers please! 🤣

[@SortedFood]

Thanks so much for watching Olivia!

[@AmarilloMike1987]

@@SortedFood I've noticed your subtitle game drop a little recently. Used to be that a new video would have English subtitles for hard of hearing very quickly after uploading. Is there a reason for this?

[@Alex_UK24]

I've already made Ben's Ricotta and the tart this week from the Sidekick dishes - me and the other half loved them! People keep mistaking me for a chef thanks to the app... My ricotta stayed in one piece though 😉

[@SortedFood]

That's an amazing thing for people to say about you. Do you share your secret? 😂

[@Alex_UK24]

​@@SortedFood Shouting about it to everyone I know, annoying several with pictures! Your team's doing a fantastic job and got me from jars of spag-bol and oven chicken dippers to from fresh baked ricotta etc and yam burgers overnight.

[@SortedFood]

Honestly..... that's INCREDIBLE!!!! Keep up the awesome work :)

[@MagicfTail]

An idea to spice these things up a bit. Have one of the ingredients "Go bad", meaning they aren't allowed to use it, after like 5 minutes so they've already planned a lot of the dishes. Really simulates the real life struggle of thinking you have something in the fridge, only to get home and realise it's rotten

[@yellowladybug4010]

Oh my goodness. So true! Or you realize you don't have enough. I started cooking something and then realized I didn't have enough milk and called a neighbor to save me.

[@Emeraldwitch30]

Perfect! Had my milk go off a week ago! Lucky for me I have allergies and I love to bake so I have full fat dry milk in storage. But still its a pita when your halfway through dinner prep and you've to stop and do something else lol. I've even used watered down plain yogurt instead of milk in muffins once lol. Added extra applesauce to make them moist. They turned out extremely yummy.

[@EmilyJelassi]

I love videos like this! Seeing what the boys come up with on the fly vs what the food team comes up with is fascinating!

[@ayesnapsnots]

For 30 minutes, without planning, that's pretty damn good!

[@mpet483]

I love this format. Thanks!

[@justalicer]

Ben’s distress at Jamie at 5:14 is so hilarious omg

[@julia-07]

so sweet to see how much Mike loved Ben's first dish :)

[@brycem.1774]

This is my favorite format behind pass it on. Great episode guys!

[@jiyeonstick]

Loveeeee this grocery challenges - gives me the most practical ideas for prepping my own meal at home

[@1Joh411]

At 1:50 I felt so outed by Jamie 😂

[@barbj672000]

The sweet potato baked and the shredded sprout salad I would eat everyday!! Right up my alley! Good Job Ebbers (and the R&D dept)

[@SortedFood]

Honestly, they're such delicious recipes, you've gotta give them a go!

[@GhostV2]

The videos like this one and the last one similar to it (where you had the Blackberry Meatball Aligot) were the reason my wife and I signed up for the Sidekick App. They really show off the recipes that can come from a pile of ingredients that you wouldn't think of, and I definitely think you should do more of them in the future!

[@sharonjones7929]

Really enjoyed this, can we have more of these where you take affordable, everyday groceries and show new, creative ways to cook them please 😀

[@kevinpearce7687]

Great as always. And after 200 years of Sorted Food, the normals are still dysfunctioning like it was Day 1!

[@duckpondwithoutducks]

I love this, seeing different meal ideas using up varied ingredients, from the normals, and then from the chefs!

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@Astrobee]

I love these episodes, very useful!

[@Joe___R]

It is very easy when you are all the time in the world to figure out what you want to make and pick shared ingredients to make them.

[@teddyjames5241]

I'm currently making this recipe pack on the Sorted app. The puff pastry, sweet potato, blue cheese is so good

[@alyssajuly8734]

Love these videos! Keep them up

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@josmith7264]

This is my absolute favorite format that you do

[@alexking4306]

I’m finally about to move into a place where I’ll be able to cook, and I can’t wait to use some of your recipes!!

[@TheDylls]

1:49 My FIRST THOUGHT was: "I'm not going to say anything..." GET OUT OF MY HEAD!! lol

[@natwandering]

love the couscous and brussell sprouts in the microwave idea! will def. try!

[@lpmadnae]

Jamie and Barry’s failed fist bump at the end of their cooking made my day 😂

[@pookhahare]

Ahh Ebbers addressed the core of parsnips question. I made the root vegetable casserole from the pack and the core of my parsnips were noticeably tougher. I did sub out a tenderloin I had started cooking for the chicken.

[@colinwatt00]

Love the cold-open style of this video. Kudos guys.

[@Rei.Eatsfoods]

I laughed so many times. Mike was like a stressed housewife, I love him.

[@matthewwoodward2738]

Deep fry the parsnip peelings and season with salt and honey. Delicious!

[@ShellyS2060]

Potato skins toasted with salt and pepper is really good too

[@joninsight4522]

The ricotta in the oven really made me melt! Great episode guys :)

[@looeezey]

So often with these videos, and with the sidekick app, I’ll look at some of the recipes and think ‘how nice would that actually be’ then I make it and genuinely get shocked at how tasty they are. As little Remi proved (ratatouille), it’s not about each ingredient- it’s about how they taste together 😋

[@nilandax0]

wow, excellent job by the food team! definitely gave me inspo for how I can use simple staple ingredients in new ways

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@tailboat]

I would love to see some IBS / FODMAP friendly weekday meals.

[@jonathangundry1188]

It would be interesting to see a mystery bag draft battle. Each normal has a mystery bag where they can pick one item and then the bags rotate to the next until all ingredients are gone.

[@chrisgreen6259]

"Where's yer bubble coming from?" - this is Jamie's greatest quote, ever.

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@matt4812]

Jamie honestly might be onto something with the savoury mille-feulle, that could be a next-level Boxing Day club sandwich. Turkey+Cranberry Sauce in the bottom filling, sliced pigs-in-blankets in the second filling, buttery pastry, someone stop me from trying this.

[@dafyddf4541]

Ben's reaction to Jamie stacking the pastry layers has had me wheezing lol

[@cynthiasmith9336]

Good golly my life is in a very distressing state at the moment but Mike’s proclamations of uncertainty are giving me life. Thank you for a wonderful video as always.

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@nikolayandonov2489]

That shard yourself soup was something else 😁

[@alexdavis5766]

1 and a half minutes in and I was worried it was just going to be a 30 minute argument of each normal coming up with a different idea and not wanting to listen to the other ideas! 😂 I mean id still watch but also kind of want to see a dish. Also see if they remembered any of the tricks the food team used last time they did this?!

[@SamKemp54]

In fairness to the normals, they had half an hour to think of, split and prepare 3 dishes The food team had, who knows how long, to think of and split the ingredients and then half an hour per dish

[@JM_Karting02]

I think the boys deserve thinking time given the crew and Ben also get thinking time for these recipes! Even if it’s just 5 minutes to help the poor guys out

[@LilyJaneH]

No thinking time was absolutely brutal.

[@SortedFood]

You know it!

[@camerongooch9606]

OMG Ben's reaction to Jamie had me dead on the floor hahaa. Ps doesn't Ebbers just look gorgeous at Christmas, he can shard me anyday.

[@MegaMiracle77]

I am SO SO GLAD there isn't a chef with a stowatch in my kitchen judging me on a tuesday😂

[@zackrentz8228]

Orange supremes are the best garnish for an old fashioned whiskey. Love them

[@LowBudgetKiwi]

Great to see you using season veg at Xmas. I would love to see you however do a New Zealand season Christmas since its summer down here :) TBF we do use always seasonal potatos coz they go so well with our leg of lamb :D

[@peggyloveoscar]

really fun video, and lovely to see vegetarian meals with christmas flavours!

[@RahulPrabhu]

I miss the bloopers at the end. Bring them back!

[@hellocollegejason198]

Great video as always

[@johncollins7631]

I do very much enjoy the grocery shop challenge videos.

[@gregwheeland6978]

Since the normals are getting so much better at cooking, I think you add a wild card in the next pass it on series. Basically pull in a random camera person or editor and have them "help"

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@sharonpe]

Made the parsnip soup for friends. Subbed out allspice with ground nutmeg, cinnamon sticks and cloves. Added toasted walnuts. It was amazing and very moreish. 🎉 thank you! A winner!

[@GCOSBenbow]

I think I've done variations of those last 3 dishes every other weekend for the last 6 months when I haven't had time to go shopping yet. Look in the veg box and fridge; make a random pasta/rice/couscous dish; make a random soup; slap something on naan breads (don't usually buy pastry). Though mine usually features some sort of meat because I'm terrible.

[@victoriahayden2961]

Yum!!! I think the boys did pretty well but Bens first dish looked so delicious - I’m going to make that one myself this week! The other 2 dishes also looked really yummy!!!

[@KnubbelKekz]

I have never seen anyone be as happy about Brussel Sprouts as Barry and I love it xD

[@gemmaartner2780]

At first I really thought Ben blow torched that soup bowl for a bit of decoration 🤣🤣 very interesting crockery choice there.

[@creezqc8010]

1:50 Jammie saying STOP IT AHAHAHAH

[@artlailey1496]

Please give slater some screen time with these, I feel like these types of challenges are right up his alley

[@2306vega]

I’ve never heard Ben hit that high of a note before 🤣🤣🤣

[@Missmethinksalot1]

Food team keeps bringing their A game!

[@Pichu0123]

the food team's dishes were so interesting :O Kind of made me want to try and make them

[@MikeR_NZ]

3:52 Jamie doing the honey flip and looking so impressed by it

[@GamingFoodie]

Really enjoying this series! More more!

[@BrainBrotherChillBlockChain]

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[@GamingFoodie]

@sortedfood heads up scam going around

[@Erdnussbuttertoast]

3:10 i think this is their first ever high five that they didn't (purposely) miss

[@achillea3147]

Trying the parsnip soup tonight for our midweek dinner.

[@sweetysavvy]

You guys should totally collab with Sohla and Ham! They are great with these time-bound, ingredient-focussed cooking challenges.

[@ChanzTales]

O Ebbers I just want to give him a Xmas hug lol x

[@naomiarram5187]

Mike's "I have no idea what I've made" has to make it into an intro!

[@kennythefrog1]

The contrast of Ben's 30 mins and the utter chaos of the normals is the funniest ever.

[@MatsJPB]

Three really nice dishes! I'd love to tuck in =)